I am in possession of a booklet printed on the 150th Anniversary of Peru, Illinois, which is in LaSalle County. The booklet contains some early pictures of the Illinois Zinc Company which I would be glad to have copies made for you. -----Original Message----- From: Paulette V Morris <vide.poche@juno.com> To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 02, 1999 9:12 PM Subject: [ILLASALL-L] Zinc Smelting Factory >My great-grandparents moved to the City of LaSalle in1880. He was a zinc >smelter. They are listed in the census as being "French". Actually, >they were Belgium. I noticed a lot of other "French" people on the the >census who also worked in the zinc smelting plant. Is there anyone else >of Belgium ancestry whose family worked in the zinc smelting plants on >this list? I would like to exchange information. > >I would also like to know where I could find out more information on the >zinc smelting plant. I saw a very small notation about it at one time >being the largest in the nation and that it closed in 1960. Any chance >there are records anywhere? > >Thanks, > >Paulette >Searching for: BEYER, COADY/CODY, DALY, HIPPE, HOMBERG, LEMAL, POSNER, >SCHRAEPEN/SCHRAPPEN >Paulette's Gateway Genealogy at: >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/9369/index.html >St. Louis - Old & New >http://members.tripod.com/~Vide_Poche/index.html > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > > >==== ILLASALL Mailing List ==== >*****Visit the LaSalle County Home Page!***** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illasall/ >